One thing missing there is the inside of the leg low shin shots I would use against someone in a boxing stance closing the distance while covering up 'Dracula Cape' one arm and the other arm with elbow in close 'sanchin' against the body, answering the phone.

As you know, our well conditioned shin bone snapping kick _ will cut right through the inner shin or inner thigh of the opponent with a very good chance of stopping the fight right there.

But there are dangers, as you know, when up against someone with fast hands using all kinds of punching trajectories not part of any prearranged work we do.

And, as always, what do we bring to the 'connection' with the opponent?

In other words, do we have the stopping power in the shots we connect with?

Van Canna wrote:And, as always, what do we bring to the 'connection' with the opponent?

In other words, do we have the stopping power in the shots we connect with?

Well... I guess the first item of business when you want to do your job is to show up for work. And if you're there on the inside of their looping offense, well that's a great start.

What you do from there depends a lot on how you're trained. It could be the stopping power of shots. Or it could be disabling grappling moves - something only the Joey Pomfrets in our system spend a lot of time on. Or it could be the gouging and poking that exists in our traditional style that few of us train to use or have the mindset to execute.

But that of course is all theory. The person executing the plan is a big factor in it all. As you know...

I am a firm believer in training the student to stop the fight at 'first touch' ...as in the chaos of the 'cocktail' _that still so many 'properly Uechi trained' continue to deny_ there won't be many 'touch the opponent' chances that achieve meaningful results, much to their dismay.